JEHNNY BETH – YOU HEARTBREAKER, YOU
Artist: Jehnny Beth
Album: You Heartbreaker, You
Label: Jehnny Beth
Link: https://www.jehnnybeth.com/
Style: Rock, Hard Rock, Metal
Camille Berthomier was born in Poitiers (France) into a family where art played an important role. Her father, a theatre director, passed on his interest in theatre and cinema to her, and she has appeared as an actress in a dozen feature films and in the series Hostage. But music was not left behind, as she started playing the piano at the age of eight and, influenced by rock and punk during her teenage years, she made a name for herself in several bands, including the duo John & Jehn and the band Savage. She has also participated in prestigious collaborations with bands such as Idles, Tindersticks, The XX and Rone.
For You Heartbreaker, You, her second solo album, she further emphasizes a rock sound that is clearly harder, which can at least be likened to hard rock or even second-generation nu metal. On most of the tracks, there are also obvious influences from industrial rock, reminiscent of the work of artists such as Marilyn Manson and Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails. This is particularly evident on the single ‘No Good For People’, where we hear music full of rage, violence and tension, a veritable electric shock carried by devastating guitar riffs.
A mixture of instrumental textures obtained through hardcore playing and industrial sounds, the sound of this album is as raw and rough as it gets. The treatment of the vocals, which are sung exclusively in English, gives them a compressed feel – far from what audiophiles might expect – but above all a rich, catchy texture that fits perfectly with the devastating style of the rock anthems that make up this hard-hitting album. The lulls in the opening bars of a few tracks are only there to prepare for the explosion that follows, so there’s no risk of boredom when you put this record on your turntable.
